Sjoerd van Ramshorst is satisfied with his development as a presenter in recent years. The journalist started as an intern at the NOS and is now the permanent presenter of Studio Football and the Sports news. In an interview with the VARA guide says 34-year-old Van Ramshorst that he was very nervous in his early days as a presenter.

“I wondered if I was doing it right, if something went wrong. In the first year I had a dip, then I said: fuck it all, I especially want to have fun in my work. I can only myself If I make a wrong joke? So be it. It makes no sense to play a role, to put on a presenter’s voice “, says Van Ramshorst.

The journalist emphasizes that he still presents with a certain filter, but at the same time indicates that he does not put everything he wants to say on a scale. “After the first year, I decided not to do that anymore,” said the presenter, who had Tom Egbers as a coach and mentor for many years. He is now assisted by Jeroen Pauw, who has worked for years Pauw & Witteman and Peacock presented. “I asked him. In my opinion he is the very best, so why wouldn’t I do that? Fortunately, the NOS agreed. Once every few weeks we look at moments that I thought could be better.”

Van Ramshorst is there Studio Football the successor of Egbers. The latter presenter was hit by a heart attack in the summer of 2019 and decided to take a step back. Van Ramshorst took over and has been the regular host of the talk show on NPO1 since October 2019. Van Ramshorst is of the opinion that football can be discussed in a slightly more light-hearted way on television.

“It’s not science, you have to be able to zoom out. I approach it seriously, but you don’t have to keep that tone throughout the broadcast. It’s Sunday evening, the last hour of the weekend. You shouldn’t make it more complicated than it is” , says the presenter, who does not want to conclude that he approaches presenting differently. “The viewers have to judge that. Every presenter brings his own things.”